This Friday, at 8.45 am, Customs published the monthly trade balance figure, showing a further deterioration of 9 billion euros in November, in particular due to the energy bill and the rise in industrial prices.
And specified that the cumulative deficit over 12 months now stands at 77.6 billion euros,
"or 2.6 billion more than the record annual deficit of 2011"
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Exactly at the same time, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, released his wishes to the press that
"the weakness of our foreign trade is a reflection of the weakness of our domestic economy".
Almost on the verge of losing his temper, he added
"that there is no great nation with an external balance which remains permanently in deficit"
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That of France has been for thirty years ...
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Last year, it was in the red to the tune of 65.2 billion euros.
Bercy forecasts that the trade deficit will deteriorate in 2021 to 86 billion and even plunge to 95 billion in 2022 ...
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